The dB's

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8 PM – Doors
9 PM – Show

THE DB'S

The dB’s are singer/songwriters Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey along with Gene Holder on bass and Will Rigby on drums. The foursome grew up in Winston-Salem, NC, and helped define what would become the rich North Carolina indie-rock scene but emigrated to New York in the late 1970s and formed the band, frequently appearing at CBGB, Maxwell’s and other influential venues. The band’s early history is well documented on Propeller Sound Recordings’ celebrated 2021 release I Thought You Wanted To Know 1978-1981.

THE MAYFLIES USA

The Mayflies USA were formed in 1996, by Matt McMichaels, Matt Long, Adam Price, and David Liesegang, in the afterglow of the Chapel Hill indie rock scene that introduced bands like the Archers of Loaf and Polvo to the world. Brought together by a mutual love of bands like the Beatles, The Replacements, Teenage Fanclub, and Guided By Voices, the band's unspoken brief from the start was to write, record, and perform a style of melodic rock that was deeply unfashionable in that atonal post-punk moment, but that has aged well through the years.
The Mayflies' debut Summertown, engineered and recorded by Chris Stamey of the dB’s, is considered a modern pop rock classic by power pop fans, and its two follow-ups, The Pity List and Walking in a Straight Line, are also well-regarded. Now, in 2024, after a 20-year hiatus, the Mayflies USA have returned with their best album yet, Kickless Kids. To mark this recording and its upcoming 2025 release, the Mayflies are supporting the dBs on their fall tour. Fans of tuneful rock music will rejoice—the band sounds as timeless and unbound by trends as the day they started.